A recent study of past disturbance of the oyster beds in New York Harbor led by geoscientist Jonathan Woodruff and his doctoral student Christine Brandon of the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first to link Europeans' ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2016
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A Western Australian first trial to return oysters to an Albany estuary is exceeding scientists' expectations, a year into the ambitious project.
Environment
Nov 14, 2016
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Scientists have found oysters could be very useful in gobbling up nutrient pollution from tropical waterways, including the Great Barrier Reef.
Ecology
Apr 24, 2024
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Restoring oyster beds and helping keep the water clean isn't just for scientists and environmental groups anymore.
Environment
Jul 29, 2019
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Marine protected areas can potentially subsidize harvested oyster populations via larval spillover—however, spillover benefits can only be realized if harvested areas contain suitable habitat for larval settlement and survival, ...
Environment
Oct 27, 2017
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Australia's first "oyster gardening" project has shown the practice benefits the environment and could be an easy way for citizen scientists to improve marine environments.
Ecology
Feb 10, 2023
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University of Virginia researchers, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, are sharing the good news that the future of oyster reefs, which have experienced greater than 85% loss worldwide over the past two centuries, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 5, 2022
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Researchers from the University of Adelaide are using underwater music to speed up the restoration of native oyster reefs.
Ecology
Aug 29, 2022
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Waves, tides, storms and hurricanes can all take a toll on the coastline, eroding the land and rewriting the shoreline. Those changes can put infrastructure and communities at risk. But researchers are rolling out new guidelines ...
Environment
Mar 15, 2017
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Local shellfish including native razorfish and flat oysters, and feral pacific oysters, are showing strong ecosystem benefits for marine species within the Port River estuary ecosystem in Adelaide—with Flinders University ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 25, 2023
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